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Peter Bart: Do Hefty Running Times Impact Movie Marketability? It’s A Long Story
The angriest filmmaking fights that I've witnessed over the years have not been about cost or cast; they were about length. The movies were too long but so were the fights.
I re-lived some of them this week when I saw Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flo…
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Peter Bart: As Disney Celebrates Its Centennial, Old Walt Might Have Cringed At Some Recent Strategies
I think Walt would be grumpy.
This is the week when the media celebrates the Magic Kingdom's 100th birthday, but Walt Disney were around today, I think he'd cringe at the state of guild negotiations, fights with politicians and jumps in theme park prices (or streamer fees).
Having gained…
Peter Bart: Even In The Movies, Media’s Quest For Objectivity Has Been A Lost Cause
"Politics is poisonous – even in making movies."
Those were the words of William Goldman, the gifted screenwriter, who was finishing his script for All the President’s Men in 1972, when his director told him to quit writing. It seems Robert Redford, the…
Peter Bart: Hollywood Looks To Its Senior Class For Help As Movie Release Calendar Gets A Reboot
With guild agreements being signed and production ramping up, Hollywood hopefully awaits a moment of youthful innovation.
Oops: The most newsworthy films set for imminent release are directed by filmmakers in their 80s – grizzled veterans who understand…
Peter Bart: Step Up Your Networking? Not So Fast – There Could Be Hazards Ahead
To state the obvious, this is a dicey moment in the job market. Amid cutbacks and strikes, even headhunters are job hunting. Those hot USC graduates who once lined up for CAA internships are now foraging for a TikTok moment. YouTube is swamped by a…
Peter Bart: Hollywood Studios Face Extinction Unless They Retool; One Filmmaker Has Been On That Mission For Decades
Will the Hollywood studio become extinct?
One hundred years ago, Louis B. Mayer unfurled his grand idea to mobilize "all the stars in heaven" for his filmmaking adventure. His dream factory, once prolific, now seems adrift amid the economic debris of…
Peter Bart: What Will The Box Office Business Learn From ‘Barbie’?
The film festivals can always be counted on to deliver surprise hits at this time of year, but meanwhile Hollywood must deal with another issue: Its Barbitude hangover.
Barbie's billions will importantly impact upon how decision-makers frame future…
Peter Bart: Desperate Times Often Led To Groundbreaking Movies – Will They Do So Again?
With festivals beckoning and box office wobbling, this obnoxious question looms ever larger: What's next?
The strikes will end and a new season will begin but where's that next cycle of movies and streaming content that represent groundbreaking ideas…
Peter Bart: Hollywood’s Gridlock, Corporate Cuts Take Toll On PR Operatives
"I know how to change bad news into good news," Edward L. Bernays, the father of public relations, used to boast. Since he was a nephew of Sigmund Freud, I wonder how he'd find a positive mind-set among today's practitioners of his craft.
During these…
Peter Bart: Hollywood’s CEOs Locked In A Rich-Against-Poor Stalemate That Their Predecessors Mostly Ducked
"How did I become Tom Joad? I used to write for a living."
Tom Joad was the hapless farmer in The Grapes of Wrath who fled the Dust Bowl to find a better life in California. The man who cited him this week is a successful screenwriter who's been walking…
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Peter Bart Remembers His Friend William Friedkin: Brilliant, Brooding, Cerebral & A Lover Of Film
Billy Friedkin, who died today at 87, remains a uniquely unforgettable figure to his friends and colleagues — an eternal contradiction, both cantankerous yet kindly, argumentative yet thoughtful. He was a brilliant creator of popular entertainment but, to his close friends, also was brooding and…
Peter Bart: ‘Barbie’ Has Box Office Floating On Pink Cloud With Its Fascinating Distractions
Barbie is confounding: In addition to setting box office records, the movie has also inspired a flood of commentaries about its presumed “message.”
Yes, there have been more editorials about a doll than about a bomb. Why did Barbie complain about…
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